As soon as police in West Palm Beach heard there had been an officer-involved shooting Saturday night, they said their top priority became informing the public.Click here to watch the report.Officials said it's a top priority partly because of what's been happening in Ferguson, Missouri."You've got a responsibility as a police department, especially if you're dealing with a police-involved shooting, to get out as much information as you can as quickly as you can," city spokesperson Elliot Cohen said.The shooting Saturday night happened just before 7 p.m. By 9 p.m., police had called a news conference and at 11 p.m., Chief Bryan Kummerlen was on live television providing an update.The chief told reporters his officer had responded to a call of an armed robbery of a bicycle. He said when the officer tried to apprehend the suspect, the suspect fired shots at the officer who then returned fire, killing the man.The riots and protests in Ferguson stemmed from a police officer shooting and killing a man. Cohen said much of the unrest can be blamed on a lack of information."The most dangerous thing you can do is not provide information and create a vacuum, and have that vacuum get filled with speculation and wrong information," Cohen said.Although Cohen did not have all the details Saturday night, he still wanted to be on television with whatever he knew, he said.Then on Sunday, the police department released the name of the man who was killed, Anthony Brown.On Monday, police identified the officer who pulled the trigger, Jason Barquin, and released his personnel file."If you're out there as quickly as possible saying, 'Here's what we can tell you so far. Here's what we don't know so far, but we're going to try to answer them as quickly as we can,' that's the best you can do," Cohen said.

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As soon as police in West Palm Beach heard there had been an officer-involved shooting Saturday night, they said their top priority became informing the public.

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Officials said it's a top priority partly because of what's been happening in Ferguson, Missouri.

"You've got a responsibility as a police department, especially if you're dealing with a police-involved shooting, to get out as much information as you can as quickly as you can," city spokesperson Elliot Cohen said.

The shooting Saturday night happened just before 7 p.m. By 9 p.m., police had called a news conference and at 11 p.m., Chief Bryan Kummerlen was on live television providing an update.

The chief told reporters his officer had responded to a call of an armed robbery of a bicycle. He said when the officer tried to apprehend the suspect, the suspect fired shots at the officer who then returned fire, killing the man.

The riots and protests in Ferguson stemmed from a police officer shooting and killing a man. Cohen said much of the unrest can be blamed on a lack of information.

"The most dangerous thing you can do is not provide information and create a vacuum, and have that vacuum get filled with speculation and wrong information," Cohen said.

Although Cohen did not have all the details Saturday night, he still wanted to be on television with whatever he knew, he said.

Then on Sunday, the police department released the name of the man who was killed, Anthony Brown.

On Monday, police identified the officer who pulled the trigger, Jason Barquin, and released his personnel file.

"If you're out there as quickly as possible saying, 'Here's what we can tell you so far. Here's what we don't know so far, but we're going to try to answer them as quickly as we can,' that's the best you can do," Cohen said.